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Re: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring

Originally Posted by aps

Yes it will.

He'll pick the most left leaning judge he thinks he can get confirmed. No big surprise and won't change the court much.

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Re: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring

Originally Posted by American

He'll pick the most left leaning judge he thinks he can get confirmed. No big surprise and won't change the court much.

That's why I thank God every day that Obama won the election. His election secured the Supreme Court from beng overtaken by the radical right-wing for at least the next generation. Had McCain won....or someone even worse, the Court would have become a right-wing activist court.

Re: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring

Originally Posted by disneydude

That's why I thank God every day that Obama won the election. His election secured the Supreme Court from beng overtaken by the radical right-wing for at least the next generation. Had McCain won....or someone even worse, the Court would have become a right-wing activist court.

radical rightwing

LOL--like believing that the 2nd Amendment is actually about rights

or that eminent domain for profit is a bad idea

libs love leftwing judges because LW judges create idiotic rulings that RW judges respect out of stare decisis. Libs realize most of t heir agenda won't make it through congress so they need to impose it by judges

I am curious, what makes people radical leftwingers

its easy to explain my position-I tire of paying more taxes so that libs can use my money to buy the votes of parasites who support more taxation

I tire of being told America should subordinate herself to europe or that our gun rights should be removed

so disneydude what exactly causes you to want more income redistribution, less freedom and more government

Re: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring

LOL....when you say things like this...it really shows that you don't follow politics...at least not closely.

Do you even know how many times the Robert's Court has overturned starei decisis within the last couple of years?
This Court is becoming known for completely disregarding piror court precedent in favor of advancing their agenda.

At least get your facts straight before you start spouting off right-wing talking points that are completely contrary to the facts.

Re: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring

Originally Posted by TurtleDude

I do and that is why I said it

can you answer the question rather than posting a throwaway line that is steeped in arrogance and based on an assumption without any merit?

The fact that you asked the question shows that you have no clue what you are writing about. I'm not going to sit and try to educate you when anyone with half a brain knows that you have no clue what you are talking about when you post that type of thing.

Re: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring

Originally Posted by disneydude

LOL....when you say things like this...it really shows that you don't follow politics...at least not closely.

Do you even know how many times the Robert's Court has overturned starei decisis within the last couple of years?
This Court is becoming known for completely disregarding piror court precedent in favor of advancing their agenda.

At least get your facts straight before you start spouting off right-wing talking points that are completely contrary to the facts.

Its really funny watching a lib tell me what I do and what I don't know. How many federal appellate arguments have say you participated in?

Libs believe in the leftward ratchet of jurisprudence. They create a new "right" or attack old ones and when the court becomes more conservative, libs expect the conservative judges to respect poorly reasoned activist decisions by the left

overturning or ignoring bad precedent not only is proper it is required.

Stevens crapped himself whining that the USSC in Heller ignored bad APPELLATE decisions based on INCORRECT readings of Cruishank and Miller.

Re: Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens retiring

Originally Posted by disneydude

The fact that you asked the question shows that you have no clue what you are writing about. I'm not going to sit and try to educate you when anyone with half a brain knows that you have no clue what you are talking about when you post that type of thing.

you really don't have the ability to educate me on this issue. I know more about this issue than you can possibly imagine.